Joachim GIRARD

(b. 11 November 1796 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 23 October 1883 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Joachim GIRARD was born 11 November 1796 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Joachim GIRARD was the child of Henri GIRARD and Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin GIRARD and Geneviève GUAY (CASTONGUAY) (maternal) Barthelemy AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine TREMBLAY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joachim married Christine TREMBLAY 16 November 1824 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Christine TREMBLAY was born 4 February 1795 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Christine died 3 July 1862 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Christine was the child of François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine DURETTE.

Joachim GIRARD died 23 October 1883 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Joachim GIRARD married

Christine TREMBLAY-- Date: 16 November 1824 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Christine TREMBLAY was the child of François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine DURETTE

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Children of Joachim GIRARD and Christine TREMBLAY:

Abel GIRARD (b.18 May 1833, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 9 May 1886, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Emerance-Emerentienne AUDET dite LAPOINTE 13 February 1855 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1796 Birth
11 November 1796
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Joachim GIRARD and Christine TREMBLAY 16 November 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 28 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Abel GIRARD was born 18 May 1833, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joachim was 36 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Abel GIRARD married 13 February 1855, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Emerance-Emerentienne AUDET dite LAPOINTE

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Christine TREMBLAY died 3 July 1862, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.